Chapter XII: Act V (1)

SCENE I. _Fields between Dartford and Blackheath_.

_Enter_ YORK, _and his army of Irish, with drum and colours_.

_York._ From Ireland thus comes York to claim his right, [bea001] And pluck the crown from feeble Henry’s head: Ring, bells, aloud; burn, bonfires, clear and bright, To entertain great England’s lawful king. Ah! sancta majestas, who would not buy thee dear? [bea005] Let them obey that know not how to rule; [bea006] This hand was made to handle nought but gold. I cannot give due action to my words, [bea008] Except a sword or sceptre balance it: A sceptre shall it have, have I a soul, [bea010] On which I’ll toss the flower-de-luce of France. [bea011]

_Enter_ BUCKINGHAM.

Whom have we here? Buckingham, to disturb me? The king hath sent him, sure: I must dissemble.

_Buck._ York, if thou meanest well, I greet thee well.

_York._ Humphrey of Buckingham, I accept thy greeting. ·bea015· Art thou a messenger, or come of pleasure?

_Buck._ A messenger from Henry, our dread liege, To know the reason of these arms in peace; Or why thou, being a subject as I am, Against thy oath and true allegiance sworn, ·bea020· Should raise so great a power without his leave, [bea021] Or dare to bring thy force so near the court.

_York._ [_Aside_] Scarce can I speak, my choler is so great: [bea023] O, I could hew up rocks and fight with flint, I am so angry at these abject terms; ·bea025· And now, like Ajax Telamonius, On sheep or oxen could I spend my fury. [bea027] I am far better born than is the king, More like a king, more kingly in my thoughts: But I must make fair weather yet a while, ·bea030· Till Henry be more weak and I more strong.-- Buckingham, I prithee, pardon me, [bea032] That I have given no answer all this while; My mind was troubled with deep melancholy. The cause why I have brought this army hither ·bea035· Is to remove proud Somerset from the king, Seditious to his grace and to the state.

_Buck._ That is too much presumption on thy part: But if thy arms be to no other end, [bea039] The king hath yielded unto thy demand: ·bea040· The Duke of Somerset is in the Tower.

_York._ Upon thine honour, is he prisoner?

_Buck._ Upon mine honour, he is prisoner. [bea043]

_York._ Then, Buckingham, I do dismiss my powers. Soldiers, I thank you all; disperse yourselves; ·bea045· Meet me to-morrow in Saint George’s field, You shall have pay and every thing you wish. And let my sovereign, virtuous Henry, Command my eldest son, nay, all my sons, As pledges of my fealty and love; ·bea050· I’ll send them all as willing as I live: Lands, goods, horse, armour, any thing I have, Is his to use, so Somerset may die.

_Buck._ York, I commend this kind submission: We twain will go into his highness’ tent. [bea055]

_Enter_ KING _and_ Attendants.

_King._ Buckingham, doth York intend no harm to us, [bea056] That thus he marcheth with thee arm in arm?

_York._ In all submission and humility York doth present himself unto your highness.

_King._ Then what intends these forces thou dost bring? [bea060]

_York._ To heave the traitor Somerset from hence, [bea061] And fight against that monstrous rebel Cade, Who since I heard to be discomfited. [bea063]

_Enter_ IDEN, _with_ CADE’S _head_.

_Iden._ If one so rude and of so mean condition May pass into the presence of a king, [bea065] Lo, I present your grace a traitor’s head, The head of Cade, whom I in combat slew.

_King._ The head of Cade! Great God, how just art Thou! O, let me view his visage, being dead, That living wrought me such exceeding trouble. ·bea070· Tell me, my friend, art thou the man that slew him? [bea071]

_Iden._ I was, an’t like your majesty. [bea072]

_King._ How art thou call’d? and what is thy degree?

_Iden._ Alexander Iden, that’s my name; [bea074] A poor esquire of Kent, that loves his king. [bea075]

_Buck._ So please it you, my lord, ’twere not amiss [bea076] He were created knight for his good service. [bea077]

_King._ Iden, kneel down. [_He kneels._] Rise up a knight. [bea078] We give thee for reward a thousand marks, And will that thou henceforth attend on us. ·bea080·

_Iden._ May Iden live to merit such a bounty, And never live but true unto his liege! [_Rises._ [bea082]

_Enter_ QUEEN _and_ SOMERSET.

_King._ See, Buckingham, Somerset comes with the queen: [bea083] Go, bid her hide him quickly from the duke.

_Queen._ For thousand Yorks he shall not hide his head, ·bea085· But boldly stand and front him to his face.

_York._ How now! is Somerset at liberty? Then, York, unloose thy long-imprison’d thoughts, And let thy tongue be equal with thy heart. Shall I endure the sight of Somerset? ·bea090· False king! why hast thou broken faith with me, Knowing how hardly I can brook abuse? King did I call thee? no, thou art not king, [bea093] Not fit to govern and rule multitudes, [bea094] Which darest not, no, nor canst not rule a traitor. [bea095] That head of thine doth not become a crown; Thy hand is made to grasp a palmer’s staff, And not to grace an awful princely sceptre. That gold must round engirt these brows of mine, [bea099] Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles’ spear, [bea100] Is able with the change to kill and cure. Here is a hand to hold a sceptre up And with the same to act controlling laws. [bea103] Give place: by heaven, thou shalt rule no more O’er him whom heaven created for thy ruler. ·bea105·

_Som._ O monstrous traitor! I arrest thee, York, Of capital treason ’gainst the king and crown: Obey, audacious traitor; kneel for grace.

_York._ Wouldst have me kneel? first let me ask of these, [bea109] If they can brook I bow a knee to man. ·bea110· Sirrah, call in my sons to be my bail: [_Exit Attendant._ [bea111] I know, ere they will have me go to ward, They’ll pawn their swords for my enfranchisement. [bea113]

_Queen._ Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain. To say if that the bastard boys of York ·bea115· Shall be the surety for their traitor father. [bea116] [_Exit Buckingham._

_York._ O blood-bespotted Neapolitan, Outcast of Naples, England’s bloody scourge! The sons of York, thy betters in their birth, Shall be their father’s bail; and bane to those [bea120] That for my surety will refuse the boys! [bea121]

_Enter_ EDWARD _and_ RICHARD.

See where they come: I’ll warrant they’ll make it good. [bea122]

_Enter old_ CLIFFORD _and his_ Son.

_Queen._ And here comes Clifford to deny their bail.

_Clif._ Health and all happiness to my lord the king! [bea124]
[_Kneels_.

_York._ I thank thee, Clifford: say, what news with thee? [bea125] Nay, do not fright us with an angry look: [bea126] We are thy sovereign, Clifford, kneel again; For thy mistaking so, we pardon thee.

_Clif._ This is my king, York, I do not mistake; But thou mistakest me much to think I do: [bea130] To Bedlam with him! is the man grown mad?

_King._ Ay, Clifford; a bedlam and ambitious humour Makes him oppose himself against his king.

_Clif._ He is a traitor; let him to the Tower, And chop away that factious pate of his. [bea135]

_Queen._ He is arrested, but will not obey; His sons, he says, shall give their words for him.

_York._ Will you not, sons?

_Edw._ Ay, noble father, if our words will serve. [bea139]

_Rich._ And if words will not, then our weapons shall. ·bea140·

_Clif._ Why, what a brood of traitors have we here!

_York._ Look in a glass, and call thy image so: I am thy king, and thou a false-heart traitor. [bea143] Call hither to the stake my two brave bears, That with the very shaking of their chains ·bea145· They may astonish these fell-lurking curs: [bea146] Bid Salisbury and Warwick come to me. [bea147]

_Enter the_ EARLS OF WARWICK _and_ SALISBURY.

_Clif._ Are these thy bears? we’ll bait thy bears to death, [bea148] And manacle the bear-ward in their chains, [bea149] If thou darest bring them to the baiting place. [bea150]

_Rich._ Oft have I seen a hot o’erweening cur Run back and bite, because he was withheld; [bea152] Who, being suffer’d with the bear’s fell paw, [bea153] Hath clapp’d his tail between his legs and cried: [bea154] And such a piece of service will you do, ·bea155· If you oppose yourselves to match Lord Warwick. [bea156]

_Clif._ Hence, heap of wrath, foul indigested lump, [bea157] As crooked in thy manners as thy shape!

_York._ Nay, we shall heat you thoroughly anon.

_Clif._ Take heed, lest by your heat you burn yourselves. ·bea160·

_King._ Why, Warwick, hath thy knee forgot to bow? Old Salisbury, shame to thy silver hair, Thou mad misleader of thy brain-sick son! What, wilt thou on thy death-bed play the ruffian, And seek for sorrow with thy spectacles? ·bea165· O, where is faith? O, where is loyalty? If it be banish’d from the frosty head, Where shall it find a harbour in the earth? Wilt thou go dig a grave to find out war, [bea169] And shame thine honourable age with blood? [bea170] Why art thou old, and want’st experience? Or wherefore dost abuse it, if thou hast it? For shame! in duty bend thy knee to me That bows unto the grave with mickle age. [bea174]

_Sal._ My lord, I have consider’d with myself [bea175] The title of this most renowned duke; And in my conscience do repute his grace The rightful heir to England’s royal seat.

_King._ Hast thou not sworn allegiance unto me?

_Sal._ I have. ·bea180·

_King._ Canst thou dispense with heaven for such an oath? [bea181]

_Sal._ It is great sin to swear unto a sin, But greater sin to keep a sinful oath. Who can be bound by any solemn vow To do a murderous deed, to rob a man, ·bea185· To force a spotless virgin’s chastity, To reave the orphan of his patrimony, To wring the widow from her custom’d right, And have no other reason for this wrong [bea189] But that he was bound by a solemn oath? ·bea190·

_Queen._ A subtle traitor needs no sophister.

_King._ Call Buckingham, and bid him arm himself.

_York._ Call Buckingham, and all the friends thou hast, I am resolved for death or dignity. [bea194]

_Clif._ The first I warrant thee, if dreams prove true. [bea195]

_War._ You were best to go to bed and dream again, [bea196] To keep thee from the tempest of the field.

_Clif._ I am resolved to bear a greater storm Than any thou canst conjure up to-day; And that I’ll write upon thy burgonet, ·bea200· Might I but know thee by thy household badge. [bea201]

_War._ Now, by my father’s badge, old Nevil’s crest, [bea202] The rampant bear chain’d to the ragged staff, [bea203] This day I’ll wear aloft my burgonet, As on a mountain top the cedar shows ·bea205· That keeps his leaves in spite of any storm, Even to affright thee with the view thereof. [bea207]

_Clif._ And from thy burgonet I’ll rend thy bear And tread it under foot with all contempt, Despite the bear-ward that protects the bear. [bea210]

_Y. Clif._ And so to arms, victorious father, [bea211] To quell the rebels and their complices. [bea212]

_Rich._ Fie! charity, for shame! speak not in spite, For you shall sup with Jesu Christ to-night.

_Y. Clif._ Foul stigmatic, that’s more than thou canst tell. ·bea215·

_Rich._ If not in heaven, you’ll surely sup in hell. [bea216]
[_Exeunt severally._

SCENE II. _Saint Alban’s_.

_Alarums to the battle. Enter_ WARWICK.

_War._ Clifford of Cumberland, ’tis Warwick calls: And if thou dost not hide thee from the bear, [beb002] Now, when the angry trumpet sounds alarum And dead men’s cries do fill the empty air, [beb004] Clifford, I say, come forth and fight with me: ·beb005· Proud northern lord, Clifford of Cumberland, Warwick is hoarse with calling thee to arms.

_Enter_ YORK.

How now, my noble lord! what, all a-foot? [beb008]

_York._ The deadly-handed Clifford slew my steed, But match to match I have encounter’d him ·beb010· And made a prey for carrion kites and crows [beb011] Even of the bonny beast he loved so well. [beb012]

_Enter old_ CLIFFORD.

_War._ Of one or both of us the time is come.

_York._ Hold, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. ·beb015·

_War._ Then, nobly, York; ’tis for a crown thou fight’st. As I intend, Clifford, to thrive to-day, It grieves my soul to leave thee unassail’d. [_Exit._

_Clif._ What seest thou in me, York? why dost thou pause? [beb019]

_York._ With thy brave bearing should I be in love, ·beb020· But that thou art so fast mine enemy.

_Clif._ Nor should thy prowess want praise and esteem, But that ’tis shown ignobly and in treason.

_York._ So let it help me now against thy sword [beb024] As I in justice and true right express it. ·beb025·

_Clif._ My soul and body on the action both!

_York._ A dreadful lay! Address thee instantly. [beb027]
[_They fight, and Clifford falls._

_Clif._ La fin couronne les œuvres. [_Dies._ [beb028]

_York._ Thus war hath given thee peace, for thou art still. Peace with his soul, heaven, if it be thy will! [_Exit._ ·beb030·

_Enter young_ CLIFFORD.

_Y. Clif._ Shame and confusion! all is on the rout; [beb031] Fear frames disorder, and disorder wounds Where it should guard. O war, thou son of hell, Whom angry heavens do make their minister, Throw in the frozen bosoms of our part ·beb035· Hot coals of vengeance! Let no soldier fly. [beb036] He that is truly dedicate to war Hath no self-love, nor he that loves himself [beb038] Hath not essentially but by circumstance The name of valour. [_Seeing his dead father_] O, let the vile world end, [beb040] And the premised flames of the last day [beb041] Knit earth and heaven together! [beb042] Now let the general trumpet blow his blast, Particularities and petty sounds To cease! Wast thou ordain’d, dear father, [beb045] To lose thy youth in peace, and to achieve The silver livery of advised age, And, in thy reverence and thy chair-days, thus To die in ruffian battle? Even at this sight My heart is turn’d to stone: and while ’tis mine, ·beb050· It shall be stony. York not our old men spares; No more will I their babes: tears virginal Shall be to me even as the dew to fire, And beauty that the tyrant oft reclaims Shall to my flaming wrath be oil and flax. ·beb055· Henceforth I will not have to do with pity: Meet I an infant of the house of York, Into as many gobbets will I cut it As wild Medea young Absyrtus did: [beb059] In cruelty will I seek out my fame. ·beb060· Come, thou new ruin of old Clifford’s house: As did Æneas old Anchises bear, So bear I thee upon my manly shoulders; But then Æneas bare a living load, Nothing so heavy as these woes of mine. [beb065] [_Exit, bearing off his father._

_Enter_ RICHARD _and_ SOMERSET _to fight._ SOMERSET _is
killed_.

_Rich._ So, lie thou there; [beb066] For underneath an alehouse’ paltry sign, [beb067] The Castle in Saint Alban’s, Somerset Hath made the wizard famous in his death. Sword, hold thy temper; heart, be wrathful still: ·beb070· Priests pray for enemies, but princes kill. [_Exit._ [beb071]

_Fight: excursions. Enter_ KING, QUEEN, _and others_.

_Queen._ Away, my lord! you are slow; for shame, away! [beb072]

_King._ Can we outrun the heavens? good Margaret, stay.

_Queen._ What are you made of? you’ll nor fight nor fly: [beb074] Now is it manhood, wisdom and defence, ·beb075· To give the enemy way, and to secure us By what we can, which can no more but fly. [_Alarum afar off._ If you be ta’en, we then should see the bottom [beb078] Of all our fortunes: but if we haply scape, As well we may, if not through your neglect, [beb080] We shall to London get, where you are loved And where this breach now in our fortunes made [beb082] May readily be stopp’d. [beb083]

_Re-enter young_ CLIFFORD.

_Y. Clif._ But that my heart’s on future mischief set, [beb084] I would speak blasphemy ere bid you fly: ·beb085· But fly you must; uncurable discomfit [beb086] Reigns in the hearts of all our present parts. [beb087] Away, for your relief! and we will live To see their day and them our fortune give: Away, my lord, away! [_Exeunt._ ·beb090·

SCENE III. _Fields near St Alban’s_.

_Alarum. Retreat. Enter_ YORK, RICHARD, WARWICK, _and_ Soldiers, _with drum and colours_.

_York._ Of Salisbury, who can report of him, [bec001] That winter lion, who in rage forgets Aged contusions and all brush of time, [bec003] And, like a gallant in the brow of youth, [bec004] Repairs him with occasion? This happy day ·bec005· Is not itself, nor have we won one foot, If Salisbury be lost.

_Rich._ My noble father, Three times to-day I holp him to his horse, [bec008] Three times bestrid him; thrice I led him off, Persuaded him from any further act: ·bec010· But still, where danger was, still there I met him; And like rich hangings in a homely house, [bec012] So was his will in his old feeble body. But, noble as he is, look where he comes. [bec014]

_Enter_ SALISBURY.

_Sal._ Now, by my sword, well hast thou fought to-day; ·bec015· By the mass, so did we all. I thank you, Richard: [bec016] God knows how long it is I have to live; And it hath pleased him that three times to-day You have defended me from imminent death. [bec019] Well, lords, we have not got that which we have: ·bec020· ’Tis not enough our foes are this time fled, Being opposites of such repairing nature.

_York._ I know our safety is to follow them; For, as I hear, the king is fled to London, To call a present court of parliament. ·bec025· Let us pursue him ere the writs go forth. What says Lord Warwick? shall we after them? [bec027]

_War._ After them! nay, before them, if we can. Now, by my faith, lords, ’twas a glorious day: [bec029] Saint Alban’s battle won by famous York ·bec030· Shall be eternized in all age to come. Sound drums and trumpets, and to London all: [bec032] And more such days as these to us befall! [_Exeunt._ [bec033]

LINENOTES TO II KING HENRY VI.

[baa001] London.] Capell. ¶ The Palace.] Scene, the Palace. Theobald.

[baa002] _for_] F1 F2. _from_ F3 F4.

[baa007] _Calaber, Bretagne and_] _Bretagne_ Hanmer. ¶ _and_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[baa013] _hands_] F1. _hand_ F2 F3 F4.

[baa019] _lends_] _lend’st_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[baa028] _alder-liefest_] _Alder liefest_ (in italics) Ff. _aller-liefest_ Malone conj.

[baa034] _Makes_] F1 F2. _Make_ F3 F4. ¶ _wondering fall to weeping_] _Wondring, fall to Weeping_ F1 F2. _wondring, fall to weeping_ F3 F4.

[baa037] All [kneeling]. All kneel. Ff.

[baa047] _thirtieth_] _thirteenth_ Rowe.

[baa048] _duchy......county of Maine_] _dutchies of Anjou and Maine_ Capell, from (Qq).

[baa049] _father--_] Malone. _father._ Ff. _fa._ (Q1 Q2). _fa--_ (Q3) Capell. ¶ [Lets...fall] Duke Humphrey lets it fall (Qq). om. Ff.

[baa051] _at_] _to_ F4.

[baa054] [Reads] om. Ff. [taking the paper from Glo. and reading. Capell. ¶ _It is...them,_] Omitted by Pope.

[baa055] _duchies_] _Dutchesse_ F1 F2 F3. _Dutchess_ F4.

[baa057] _any_] om. Malone.

[baa058] _kneel_] _kneel you_ Pope. _kneel thee_ Collier MS.

[baa060] _gird_] _girt_ (Qq) Ff.

[baa062] _I’ the_] _I’ th_ F1 F2 F3. _I’ th’_ F4. _In the_ (Qq) Capell. See note (I).

[baa064] _Somerset_] F1. _and Somerset_ F2 F3 F4.

[baa066] _all for_] _for all_ (Q3) and Warburton.

[baa069] [Exeunt...] F2 F3 F4. Exit.... F1. Manet the rest. F1. Manent the rest. F2 F3 F4.

[baa070] SCENE II. Pope.

[baa083] _Beaufort_] _Beauford_ Ff. _Bedford_ Rowe.

[baa088], baa089: _And had...Crowned_] Grant White. _And hath...Crowned_ F1 F2 F3. _And hath...Crown’d_ F4. _And was...Crowned_ Rowe. _Or hath......Been crown’d_ Capell. _And hath...Been crown’d_ Malone.

[baa100] _peroration_] _preroration_ F1.

[baa104] _roast_] Pope. _rost_ Ff. _roost_ Grant White.

[baa105] _duchy_] _dutchies_ Capell.

[baa116] _wounds_] _swords_ Collier conj., from (Qq).

[baa118] _Mort Dieu!_] om. Pope.

[baa119], baa120: _For...isle!_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[baa130] _starved_] _sterv’d_ F1 F2. _starv’d_ F3 F4.

[baa149] _west_] _east_ Warburton.

[baa163] _all together_] Rowe. _altogether_ Ff.

[baa164] _hoise_] _hoyse_ Ff. _heave_ (Qq). _hoist_ Theobald.

[baa173] _Or thou or I, Somerset,_] _Or Somerset or I_ Pope. _Thou, or I, Somerset,_ Capell. ¶ _protector_] F2 F3 F4. _protectors_ F1.

[baa174] [Exeunt...] Exit... Ff.

[baa175] _went_] _goes_ Capell. ¶ _follows him_] _follows after_ Anon. conj., from (Qq).

[baa187] _Hath_] _Have_ Rove.

[baa189] _brother_] _cousin_ Anon, conj., from (Qq).

[baa199] _tend the_] _tend to_ Capell. _’tend the_ Steevens conj.

[baa201] _And_] _The good and_ Seymour conj.

[baa202] [Aside] Theobald. ¶ _And so...cause._] As two lines in Ff.

[baa203] _Then...main._] As two lines, the first ending _away,_ in Ff. ¶ _make haste_] om. Seymour conj. ¶ _away_] om. Pope.

[baa204] _Unto...lost_] As two lines, the first ending _maine?_, in Ff.] ¶ baa204–baa208: _Unto...slain_] Put in the margin by Pope.

[baa205] _Warwick did_] _did Warwick_ Collier MS.

[baa208] [Exeunt W. and S.] Exit W. and S. Manet Yorke. Ff.

[baa209] SCENE III. Pope.

[baa216] _thine_] _mine_ Grant White.

[baa217] _pennyworths_] _penn’orths_ Pope. _penn’worth_ Capell. _pennyworth_ Steevens.

[baa221] _hapless_] _helpless_ Collier MS.

[baa224] _starve_] F3 F4. _sterve_ F1 F2. ¶ _dare_] _dares_ Theobald.

[baa233] _England’s soil_] _England_ Anon. conj., from (Qq).

[baa242] _humours fits_] (Qq) Ff. _humour fits_ Rowe. _humours fit_ Malone.

[baa246] _surfeiting in_] _surfeit in the_ Hanmer.

[baa247] After this Capell conjectures that a line is lost.

[baa251] _in_] _in in_ F1.

[bab001] SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope om. Ff. ¶ The...house.] Theobald.

[bab002] _at_] _with_ Pope.

[bab022] _dream...doth_] Capell. _dreames...doth_ Ff. _dreams...do_ Rowe.

[bab025] _office-badge_] _office’ badge_ S. Walker conj.

[bab031] _my_] _the_ F3 F4.

[bab038] _are_] (Qq) Hanmer. _wer_ F1 F2. _were_ F3 F4.

[bab039] _Where_] _There_ Staunton conj. ¶ _dame_] om. F4.

[bab042] _ill-nurtured_] _ill-nurtur’d_ F3. _ill-nurter’d_ F1 F2. _ill-natur’d_ F4.

[bab057] _Saint_] _S._ F1 F2 F3. _St._ F4.

[bab058] _Where as_] F1 F2. _Whereas_ F3 F4.

[bab059] _thou_] _thou too_ Hanmer.

[bab060] [Exeunt...] Capell. Ex. Hum. F1 (after line 59). Ex. Hu. F2 F3 F4 (after line 59).

[bab068] _there? Sir John!_] Hanmer. _there? Sir John;_ Ff.

[bab069] _thee_] _thou_ Seymour conj.

[bab071] _What...majesty!_] _My majesty! why, man,_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bab075] _Jourdain_] Capell (and passim). _Jordane_ F1 F2. _Jordan_ F3 F4.

[bab089] _words but_] _words, but_ Rowe.

[bab097] _Dame Eleanor’s aspiring_] F1 F2. _Dame Elianor’s_ F3 F4. _Eleanor’s aspiring_ Pope.

[bab101] _Suffolk_] F3. _Suffolke_ F1 F2. Suffolk’s F4.

[bab105] _wreck_] Hanmer. _wracke_ F1 F2. _wrack_ F3 F4.

[bac001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. SCENE VII. Johnson (a misprint). ¶ The Palace.] Hanmer. An apartment in the palace. Theobald. ¶...Peter...] Theobald. om. Ff.

[bac003] _in the quill_] _in quill_ Hanmer. _in quiet_ Jackson conj. _in the coil_ Singer conj. _in sequel_ Collier (Collier MS.). _in the quile_ Jervis conj. _in the pend_ Bullock conj.

[bac006] Peter.] F1 F2. 1 Peter. F3. 1 Pet. F4.

[bac013] [Reading] Rowe (ed. 2). om. Ff. ¶ _To_] _For_ Capell.

[bac016] _an’t_] Hanmer. _and’t_ Ff.

[bac020] [Reads] Rowe. om. Ff.

[bac021] _Melford_] _Long Melford_ Theobald, from (Qq).

[bac025] Peter] F1. Pet. F2 F3 F4. 3 Pet. Rowe. Suff. [reads]. Theobald. ¶ [giving his petition] Capell. om. Ff.

[bac028] _What say’st thou? did_] _What did_ Pope. _What! did_ Theobald.

[bac030] _master_] Warburton. _Mistresse_ F1 F2 F3. _mistress_ F4.

[bac032] [Enter Servant.] Ff. om. Pope. Enter Servants. Capell.

[bac034] [Exit...] Exit. Ff. Exit Peter, guarded. Theobald.

[bac037] [Tears the supplications.] Rowe. Teare the supplication. Ff.

[bac039] All.] 1 P. Capell. ¶ [Exeunt.] Exit. Ff.

[bac041] _fashion in_] Rowe (ed. 2). _fashions in_ F1 F2 F3. _fashion_ of F4.

[bac049] _a tilt_] F3 F4. _a-tilt_ F1 F2.

[bac058] _images_] _image_ S. Walker conj.

[bac059] _of the cardinals_] _of cardinals_ Reed (1803). _now of cardinals_ Seymour conj.

[bac063] _cause_] _the cause_ Rowe.

[bac066] _haughty_] _haughtie_ F1. _haught_ F2 F3 F4. _proud_ Pope.

[bac075] _through_] _though_ F2.

[bac079] _our_] _her_ Reed (1803).

[bac088] _the lays_] _their lays_ Rowe.

[bac092] _not_] _nor_ F2.

[bac097] _we’ll...last_] _we will weed all the realm_ Collier MS.

[bac098] _helm_] _helme._ Exit. Ff. _realm_ Theobald. ¶ Sound a Sennet.] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ Duke Humphrey of Gloucester,] Duke Humfrey, Ff. ¶ Cardinal Beaufort] Cardinall. Ff. ¶ Somerset] Hanmer. om. Ff. ¶ the Duchess of Gloucester.] the Duchesse. Ff.

[bac099] SCENE VI. Pope.

[bac102] _denay’d_] F1 F2 F3. _deny’d_ F4.

[bac108] _The_] _A_ Collier MS.

[bac115] _women’s_] _womens_ F1 F2 F3. _womans_ F4. ¶ _his_] this F4.

[bac122] _wreck_] Hanmer. _wrack_ Ff.

[bac129] _treasury_] _treasurie_ F1. _treasure_ F2 F3 F4.

[bac135] [Exit Gloucester]. Exit Humfrey. Ff. ¶ The Queen...] Johnson. om. Ff.

[bac140] _I’ld_] _I’d_ Pope, from (Qq). _I could_ Ff.

[bac144] _wear_] _weare_ F1. _weares_ F2. _wears_ F3 F4. ¶ _master_] _masters_ Halliwell Conj.

[bac146] _I will_] _I’ll_ Pope.

[bac148] _fume_] _fury_ Grant White (Dyce and S. Walker conj.). ¶ _needs_] F1. _can neede_ F2. _can need_ F3 F4. _now needs_ Keightley conj.

[bac149] _far_] F3 F4. _farre_ F1 F2. _fast_ Pope. ¶ Re-enter G.] Enter Humfrey. Ff.

[bac150] SCENE VII. Pope.

[bac155] _so deal_] _deal so_ Rowe.

[bac166] _here_] _there_ Collier (Collier MS. and Long MS.).

[bac174] Enter...] Theobald. Enter Armorer and his Man. Ff. Enter Horner the Armour and his Man Peter. Rowe.

[bac185] _An’t_] Rowe (ed. 2). _And’t_ Ff.

[bac202] _This...judge_] _This do, my lord, if I may be the judge_ Capell. ¶ _my lord_] _my gracious lord_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[bac208] See note (II).

[bac212] _spite of man_] _sight of my master_ Capell. ¶ _man_] F1. _my man_ F2 F3. _my master_ F4. _this man_ Collier MS. _a man_ Steevens.

[bac216]–bac218: _Away...away._] As in Ff. As three lines in Capell, ending _day...month...away_.

[bad001] SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE VIII. Pope. ¶ Gloucester’s garden.] Capell. The Witch’s cave. Theobald. A room prepared for the pretended inchantments. Hanmer. See note (III). ¶ Enter...] Enter Mother Jordan, Hume, Southwell, and Bullingbrook. Rowe. Enter the Witch, the two Priests, and Bullingbrooke. Ff.

[bad005] _you_] om. Pope.

[bad010] _you_] om. Rowe.

[bad011] Enter...] Enter Duchess above; and presently Hume. Dyce. Enter Elianor aloft. Ff.

[bad012] _all_] _to all_ F4. ¶ _To_] _Come, to_ Capell.

[bad015] _silent_] _silence_ Collier (Collier MS.), from (Qq).

[bad018] _up_] _ope_ Collier MS.

[bad021]...they do...]...doe... Ff.

[bad022] _Adsum_] _Ad sum_ F1.

[bad023]–bad026: _Asmath...hence_] Arranged as by Capell; as four lines in Ff, ending _God...at...speake...hence_. ¶ _Asmath_] _Asmuth_ Pope.

[bad025] _answer...ask_] F1. _answer that I aske_ F2 F3 F4. _tell what I ask_ Pope, ending the lines _name...ask...hence_.

[bad027] _Ask...done!_] As one line in F4; as prose in F1 F2 F3. ¶ _wilt. That......done!_] Rowe. _wilt; that...done._ Ff.

[bad028] ‘_First......become?’_] Rowe; as prose in Ff. ¶ _of him become_] _become of him_ Capell. ¶ [Reading...] Capell.

[bad030] As the Spirit...] Capell. As the spirit speaks, they write the answer. Rowe. om. Ff.

[bad031] _What fates await_] Ff. _Tell me what fates await_ Pope. _What fate awaits_ Capell.

[bad035] _be_] om. F2. ¶ bad035, bad067: _upon the sandy plains_] _upon sandy plains_ Rowe (ed. 1). _on the sandy plains_ Pope. _on the plains_ Hanmer. _on sand_ Capell.

[bad036], 68: _castles mounted stand_] _a castle mounted stands_ Hanmer.

[bad039] _False_] _Foul_ Collier MS. ¶ Exit Spirit.] Ff. Spirit descends. Rowe.

[bad042] _commonweal_] _realm_ Pope.

[bad043] _deeply_] _deep_ Rowe.

[bad047] _threatest Where’s_] F1 F2. _threaten’st where’s_ F3 F4. _threat’st where is_ Pope.

[bad048] [Showing her the Papers. Capell.

[bad050] _asunder_] _apart_ Pope.

[bad051] Exeunt...] Dyce. Exit Duchess from above. Malone. Exeunt some to the Dut. Capell. om. Ff.

[bad052] _all forthcoming_] _forth-coming all_ Rowe. _are all forth-coming_ Collier MS.

[bad053] _All, away!_] Knight. _All away._ Ff. _Away._ Rowe. om. Pope. _All.--Away!_ Malone. ¶ Exeunt...] Rowe. Exit. Ff.

[bad054]–bad071: _Lord...understood._] Put in the margin by Pope, following (Qq).

[bad055] _chosen_] _chose_ Pope.

[bad061] _te, Æacida,_] Warburton. _te Æacida_ Theobald. _Æacida_ F1 F2. _Æacide_ F3 F4. _te Æacidem_ Rowe.

[bad065] _betide_] _befal_ Capell.

[bad069] _Come, come_] _Come, come away_ Capell, reading lines 69–71 as two lines of verse, the first ending _oracles_. ¶ _Come,...lords;_] Transfer to end line 71. Anon. conj.

[bad070] _hardly_] _hardily_ Theobald.

[bad074] _Thither...them_] As in Pope; as two lines in Ff. ¶ _go_] Rowe. _goes_ Ff. ¶ _them_] _’em_ S. Walker conj.

[bad078] _At...lord._] _My lord, at your good pleasure._ Hanmer. ¶ _ho!_] om. Hanmer.

[bba001] ACT II. SCENE I.] Pope. om. Ff. ¶ Saint Alban’s] Pope. ¶ Gloucester,] Protector, Ff.

[bba009] _an it_] Pope. _and it_ Ff.

[bba015] _he would_] Ff (reading as prose). _he’d_ Pope.

[bba020] _Beat_] _Bent_ Pope.

[bba023] _What...peremptory_] As one line in Pope. As two lines in Ff, the first ending _cardinal_. As prose in Theobald. ¶ _peremptory_] _so peremptory_ Rowe.

[bba024] _Tantæne...iræ?_] Omitted by Pope. ¶ 24, 25: _Tantæne...malice_] As in Theobald: the first line ends..._hot?_ in Ff.

[bba025], bba026: _Churchmen......do it?_] _A churchman, and so hot? good uncle, hide Such malice with such holiness. Can you do it?_ Becket conj.

[bba026] _With...it?_] Omitted by Pope. _With such holiness can you not do it?_ Warburton conj. _A churchman, with such holiness can you do it?_ Johnson conj. _What? with...can you not do it?_ Heath conj. _With such holiness, Can you not do it?_ Capell, ending the lines _hot?...holiness...it?_ _And with such holiness you well can do it._ Collier, ed. 2 (Collier MS.). _With such holiness can you do it._ Collier (ed. 1). _With such holiness you can do it._ Singer conj. _With...can you dote?_ Staunton, Malone conj. from (Q2).

[bba029] _you_] _yourself_ Pope.

[bba030] _An’t_] Ff. ¶ _lord-protectorship_] Capell. _Lord Protectorship_ F4. _Lords Protectorship_ F1 F2 F3.

[bba033], 34: _good queen......peers_] Arranged as in Ff; as one line by Malone.

[bba034] _furious_] F1. _too-too furious_ F2. _too-too-furious_ F3 F4.

[bba038]–bba053: The ‘Asides’ first indicated by Rowe.

[bba040] _the_] _that_ Rowe.

[bba042], 43: _Ay...grove_] Arranged as by Theobald; as three lines in Ff, ending _peepe...evening...grove_. ¶ bba042: _an if_] Capell. _And if_ Ff.

[bba046] _We had had_] _We’d had had_ Steevens (1778). _We’d have had_ Mason conj. ¶ _Come...sword_] As one line in Ff.

[bba047]–bba049: _True...you_] Given to ‘Glost.’ in Ff; corrected by Theobald.

[bba048] _ye_] _you_ Theobald. ¶ _advised_] _avis’d_ Capell. ¶ _of_] om. Pope.

[bba051] _Now...this_] One line in Pope; two lines, the first ending _priest_, in Ff.

[bba053] _Medice, teipsum_--] Edd. _Medice teipsum_, Ff. _Medice cura teipsum._ Rowe. Omitted by Pope.] ¶ bba053, bba054: _Medice...yourself_] As prose in Ff.

[bba055] _The...lords_] As two lines in Ff. ¶ Enter...] Enter one of the Town, crying out a miracle! Capell. Enter one crying a Miracle. Ff.

[bba059] SCENE II. Pope.

[bba061], bba063: Towns.] One. Ff.

[bba062] _him_] om. Seymour conj.

[bba067] Enter...] Rowe. Enter the Maior of Saint Albones, and his Brethren, bearing the man betweene two in a Chayre. Ff.

[bba068] _comes_] Ff. _come_ Rowe. _are_ Capell.

[bba069] _To present...man_] _Before your highness to present the man_ Pope. _Come to present...man_ Capell.

[bba071] _Although_] _Though_ Pope. ¶ _his sight_] _sight_ Lloyd conj.

[bba077], bba080, bba083: _an’t_] Hanmer. _and’t_ Ff.

[bba081] _Hadst...told_] One line in Capell; as prose in Ff.

[bba083] _Berwick_] Rowe. _Barwick_] F1 F3 F4. _Barwicke_ F2.

[bba084] _Poor...thee_] As two lines in Ff. See note (IV).

[bba085] _nor_] _or_ F3.

[bba091] _Simpcox_] Pope, ed. 2 (Theobald). _Symon_ F1 F2. _Simon_ F3 F4. _Saunder_ Capell.

[bba092] _help_] _heal_ S. Walker conj.

[bba093] _time_] _a time_ F3 F4.

[bba096] _off of_] F1 F2. _off_ F3 F4.

[bba099] _that in all_] _that in_ Rowe (ed. 1). _once in all_ Pope.

[bba102] _master_] _Sir_ Pope.

[bba105] _Let me_] _Let’s_ Pope.

[bba107] _master_] om. Hanmer.

[bba108] _Alban_] F3 F4. _Albon_ F2. _Albones_ F1.

[bba114] _did he_] _he did_ F3 F4.

[bba124] _an if_] Pope. _and if_ Ff.

[bba125]–bba132: _Then...again_] As prose in (Qq) and Knight (Boswell conj.). See note (V). ¶ bba125: _Then_] om. Pope.

[bba127] _all_] om. Steevens. ¶ _name_] _know_ F4.

[bba129] _it is_] _’s_ Steevens.

[bba130] _and_] om. Hanmer.

[bba131] _his_] (Qq) Capell. _it_, Ff. _that_ Rowe.

[bba132] _again_] om. Pope.

[bba136] _my lord, if it_] _my good lord, if’t_ Capell.

[bba138] Exit...] Capell. Exit a Messenger. Theobald. Exit. Ff.

[bba139] _Now_] _New_ F2. ¶ _by and by_] om. Pope.

[bba150] _bearest_] Ff. _bear’st_ Pope.

[bba152] _this_] _his_ Anon. conj.

[bba153] _Alas_] _Alas, alas_ Keightley conj.

[bba154], bba155: As prose in Pope; two lines, the first ending _towne_, in Ff.

[bba155] _come...from whence_] _do come...whence_ Capell. ¶ Exeunt......] Capell. Exit Beadle with the Woman. Theobald. Exit Beadle. Rowe. Exit. Ff.

[bba156] _has_] _hath_ Hanmer.

[bba159] _You...fly_] _You, in a day, my lord, made whole towns fly_ Capell.

[bba160] SCENE III. Pope.

[bba173]–bba176: [Aside...] Rowe.

[bba179] _vanquish’d_] _languish’d_ S. Walker conj.

[bba182] _thereby_] om. Pope.

[bba186] _commonweal_] _commonwealth_ Rowe (ed. 1).

[bba199], bba200: _scales...stands...prevails._] _scale...stand...prevail!_ Johnson conj.

[bba200] Flourish.] F1. om. F2 F3 F4. ¶ SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE IV. Pope. om. Ff. ¶ London...garden.] Capell. The Duke of York’s Palace. Pope.

[bbb006] _at full_] _thus at full_ Pope. _at the full_ Capell.

[bbb007] _and if_] _an if_ S. Walker conj.

[bbb015] _Edmund_] _Edmond_ F1. _Edward_ F2 F3 F4.

[bbb016] _was Thomas of_] F1 F2. _Thomas of_ F3 F4. _Thomas_ Rowe (ed. 2). _was Thomas_ Pope.

[bbb020] _as_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[bbb026] _all you_] _you both_ (Qq) Capell.

[bbb027] _Richard......traitorously_] F1. _King Richard...traiterously_ F2 F3 F4. _King Richard trait’rously was murther’d_ Pope.

[bbb028] _told the truth_] _told the very truth_ Hanmer. _surely told the truth_ Capell. _told the truth in this_ Keightley conj.

[bbb034], bbb035: As in Pope; as three lines in Ff.

[bbb035] _Philippe_] Hanmer. _Phillip_ F1. _Philip_ F2 F3 F4.

[bbb043]–bbb050: _His eldest...Clarence_] See note (VI).

[bbb051] _elder_] _eldest_ F4.

[bbb053] _proceeding is_] F2 F3 F4. _proceedings is_ F1. _proceedings are_ Malone.

[bbb055] _York claims_] _York here claims_ Pope. _but York claims_ Capell.

[bbb056] _fails, his_] _fail, he_ F4. _fail, his_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[bbb057] _flourishes_] _flourisheth_ F4.

[bbb064], bbb065: As in Pope. As three lines, ending _lords:...crown’d...stayn’d_, in Ff.

[bbb077] _My lord,...full_] As prose in Ff. _My Lord, here...full_. Rowe (reading as prose). _My lord, here break we off; we know your mind._ Pope. _My lord, break off; we know your mind at full._ Capell.

[bbc001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE V. Pope. ¶ A hall...] Capell. A house near Smithfield. Theobald. A room of State. Hanmer. ¶ Enter...] Substantially as Theobald and Capell. Sound Trumpets. Enter the King and State, with Guard, to banish the Duchesse. Ff. ¶ bbc001: _Gloucester’s wife:_] As a separate line in Ff.

[bbc003] _sins_] Theobald. _sinne_ F1 F2. _sin_ F3 F4. ¶ bbc003, bbc004: _sins...are_] _sin...is_ Collier MS.

[bbc014] _banishment_] _exile_ Pope. ¶ _welcome were_] _welcomer_ Anon. conj.

[bbc016] _the law_] _law_ Pope. ¶ Exeunt...guarded.] Theobald. om. Ff.

[bbc020] _I beseech_] _’Beseech_ Hanmer.

[bbc021] _ease_] F1 F4. _cease_ F2 F3.

[bbc022]–bbc025: As in Pope. As five lines, ending _Gloster,...Staffe,...be,...guide,...feete:_, in Ff.

[bbc029] _be to be...child_] _be protected like a child by peers_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[bbc030] _God......England’s realm._] Omitted by Capell. ¶ _England’s realm] England_ Anon. conj. ¶ _realm_] _Realme_: F1 F2. _Realm_: F3 F4. _helm._ Steevens (Johnson conj.). _helm!_--Dyce and Staunton.

[bbc031] _the_] _to th’_ Hanmer. ¶ _his realm_] _his helm_ Keightley conj.

[bbc032] _staff:_] _staff; To think I fain would keep it makes me laugh._ Collier (Collier MS.).

[bbc035] _willingly_] _willing_ Pope.

[bbc042], bbc043: _off. This...raught,_] F1. _off This...raught,_ F2. _off, This...raught_, F3 F4. off, _This...raught:--_ Capell. _off, This...wrench’d:--_ Capell conj.

[bbc044] _it best_] F1 F2. _best it_ F3 F4.

[bbc046] _her_] _your_ Jackson conj. ¶ _youngest_] F1 F2. _younger_ F3 F4. _strongest_ Singer (Anon. conj. MS.). ¶ _proudest_ Collier (Collier MS.). _haughtiest_ Staunton conj. _longest_ Anon. conj.

[bbc050] _the lists_] _lists_ Collier MS.

[bbc054] _O’_] Capell. _A_ Ff. _A’_ Theobald.

[bbc055] _defend_] _guard_ Pope.

[bbc058] _this_] _the_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ Horner] om. Ff. ¶ Peter] om. Ff.

[bbc059] SCENE VI. Pope.

[bbc071] _credit_] F1 F2. _the credit_ F3 F4.

[bbc074] _an if_] Capell. _and if_ F1 F2 F3. _if_ F4.

[bbc078] _fence_] F1 F2. _to fence_ F3 F4.

[bbc079] _drinking_] _drinking both_ Collier (Collier MS.), reading as verse.

[bbc087] _I will_] _will_ Malone.

[bbc089] _blow!_] _blow, as Bevis of Southampton fell upon Ascapart._ Warburton, from (Qq).

[bbc091] _Sound, trumpets_] Collier. _Sound trumpets_ Ff. ¶ _alarum_] _’larum_ Capell. ¶ [Alarum.] Capell. om. Ff.

[bbc092] [Dies.] Theobald. om. Ff.

[bbc095] _enemy_] _enemies_ F1.

[bbc096] _right_] _the right_ Hanmer.

[bbc097] _Go, take hence_] _Go, and take hence_ Hanmer. _Go, take away_ Capell.

[bbc101] _to have murder’d_] _to murder_ Pope.

[bbc102] [Sound a flourish.] F1. Omitted in F2 F3 F4. ¶ SCENE IV.] Capell. SCENE VII. Pope. ¶ A street.] Theobald. ¶ Serving-men,] men, Ff.

[bbd003] _Barren...wrathful nipping_] _The barren...nipping_ Pope. _Bare...wrathful nipping_ Capell. _The barren...wrathful_ Mitford conj. ¶ _wrathful nipping_] _wrathful-nipping_ S. Walker conj.

[bbd004] _abound_] _go round_ Capell (Theobald conj.).

[bbd005] _Ten_] _Tis ten o’clock_ Steevens conj.

[bbd011] _face,_] _face_ Collier.

[bbd012] _laughing_] F1. _still laughing_ F2 F3 F4. _and laughing_ Lettsom conj.

[bbd016] _to see_] F1 F3 F4. _so see_ F2. ¶ Sir John Stanley] Theobald. om. Ff. Capell partly adopts the stage direction of (Qq).

[bbd025] _thine_] _their_ F4. _our_ Rowe.

[bbd033] _deep-fet_] _deep-fetch’d_ Pope.

[bbd039] _them...enjoy_] Rowe. _them...enjoyes_ Ff. _him...enjoys_ Anon. conj.

[bbd045] _As_] _That_ Pope.

[bbd054] _betray_] _bewray_ Long MS.

[bbd069] _These few days’ wonder_] _This few-days-wonder_ Hanmer.

[bbd070], bbd071: _I...month_] as in Ff. As prose in Pope.

[bbd073] [Exit Herald.] Theobald. om. Ff.

[bbd075] _exceed_] _pass_ Capell conj.

[bbd076] _An’t_] Hanmer. _And’t_ Ff. ¶ _your_] _you_ F2.

[bbd079] _here_] _hence_ Heath conj. _there_ S. Walker conj.

[bbd083], bbd084: As in Pope. The lines end _her...farewell_ in Ff.

[bbd086] [Exeunt...] Exeunt G. and Servants. Capell. Exit Gloster. Ff.

[bbd087] _gone too?_] F2 F3 F4. _gone to?_ F1. _gone so?_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[bbd089] _afear’d_] _afraid_ Pope.

[bbd098] _Like to_] _No; like_ Rowe.

[bbd105] _Madam,...sheet_] One line in Pope; two, the first ending _done_, in Ff.

[bbd106] _our_] _your_ S. Walker conj.

[bca001] ACT III. SCENE I.] Pope. om. Ff. ¶ The Abbey...] At Bury. Theobald. St Edmund’s Bury. Hanmer. Bury. A Room in the Abbey. Capell. ¶ Cardinal Beaufort,] Cardinall, Ff. See note (VII).

[bca004] _will ye_] _will you_ Theobald.

[bca008] _How praud, how peremptory_] _How peremptory_ Pope. _How proud, peremptory_ Steevens. ¶ _himself?_] Johnson. _himselfe._ F1 F2 F3. _himselfe_ F4. _himself!_ Rowe.

[bca010] _And if_] _An if_ Delius conj.

[bca028] _commons’_] _common_ Pope (ed. 2).

[bca035] _Made_] _Makes_ Hanmer.

[bca039] _lord_] _lords_ Pope.

[bca040] _allegation_] _allegations_ Collier MS.

[bca046] _life, began_] Pope. _life began_ Ff. ¶ _practices_] _practise_ S. Walker conj.

[bca048] _by reputing_] _by repeating_ Rowe. _the repeating_ Hanmer.

[bca053] _deep_] _deepest_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bca068] _conscience,_] Ff. _conscience?_ Pope.

[bca078] _is...wolf_] Rowe. _is...wolves_ Ff. _are...wolves_ Malone.

[bca084] _your_] _our_ F4.

[bca087] [Aside] Rowe.

[bca088] _hope_] _hop’d_ Rowe (ed. 1).

[bca093] SCENE II. Pope.

[bca098] _Suffolk, thou_] F1. _Suffolk, yet thou_ F2 F3 F4. _Suffolk’s duke, thou_ Malone, from (Qq). _Suffolk, well, thou_ S. Walker conj.

[bca104] One line in Pope; two, the first ending _lord_, in Ff.

[bca107] One line in Pope; two in Ff.

[bca109] _Nor ever_] _Nor never_ F4.

[bca115] _mine_] _my_ Rowe.

[bca117] _dispursed_] _disbursed_ F4.

[bca124] _whiles_] Ff. _while_ Johnson. _whilst_ Capell.

[bca133] _easy_] _easily_ Collier (Collier MS.). _very_ S. Walker conj.

[bca134] _mightier_] _weightier_ S. Walker conj.

[bca137] _you_] om. Capell.

[bca140] _suspect_] Capell. _suspence_ Ff. _suspicion_ Rowe. _suspects_ Malone.

[bca163] _endeavour_] _endeavours_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[bca166] _notice_] _note_ Anon. conj.

[bca167] _And...life_] Omitted in Reed (1803, 1813, 1821). ¶ _make_] _take_ Capell conj.

[bca169] _treasons_] _reasons_ S. Walker conj.

[bca170] _effected_] _affected_ Reed (1803).

[bca172] _his_] _this_ Anon. conj.

[bca174] _traitors’_ Capell. _Traytors_ F1 F2. _Traytor’s_ F3 F4.

[bca184] _play’d_] _play_ Capell.

[bca188] _take_] _takes_ F3.

[bca193] _my_] _may_ F2.

[bca194] [Exit, guarded.] Theobald. Exit Gloster. F1. Exit Glocester. F2 F3 F4.

[bca195] SCENE III. Pope. ¶ _wisdoms_] _wisdom_ Rowe.

[bca209] _Thou_] _That_ Rowe.

[bca211] _strays_] _strives_ Theobald (Thirlby conj.).

[bca217] _bewails_] _bewail_ Rowe (ed. 2).

[bca218] _dimm’d_] _dimn’d_ Ff. ¶ _eyes_] _eyes,_ Rowe. _eyes;_ Ff.

[bca222] _traitor?_] _traitor,_ Malone. ¶ [Exeunt...] Edd. Exit. Ff.

[bca223] Queen. _Free lords,_] Manent Queen, three lords. Queen. _My lords,_ Edd. conj. ¶ _Free...beams_] One line in Pope; two, the first ending _lords_, in Ff. ¶ _Free lords_] _See, lords_ Hanmer. _Fair lords_ Collier MS.

[bca225] _and_] om. Pope.

[bca228] _in_] _on_ Capell. ¶ _flowering_] _flowry_ Rowe.

[bca232] _mine_] F1 F2. _my_ F3 F4.

[bca241] _And yet_] _As yet_ Collier MS.

[bca245] [Aside. S. Walker conj. ¶ _more_] _most_ Collier MS.

[bca246] _you_] om. Hanmer. ¶ _my lord of_] _lord_ Collier MS.

[bca249] _the_] a Anon. conj. ¶ _chicken_] F1. _chicke_ F2 F3. _chick_ F3 F4.

[bca260] _Humphrey,_] _Humphry’s_ Hanmer. ¶ _reasons_] _treasons_ Heath conj.

[bca264] _good deceit_] _good conceit_ Delius conj.

[bca266] _’tis_] om. Hanmer.

[bca280] _spoke_] _spoken_ Hanmer.

[bca282] SCENE IV. Pope.

[bca286] _uncurable_] _incurable_ F3 F4.

[bca288] _quick expedient_] _quick-expedient_ S. Walker conj.

[bca290] _as regent_] F1. _a regent_ F2 F3 F4.

[bca293] _far-fet_] _far-fetch’d_ Pope.

[bca301] _do_] _doth_ Hanmer.

[bca306] _happily_] F1. _haply_ F2 F3 F4.

[bca307] _nought_] Pope. _naught_ Ff.

[bca313] _county_] _country_ F4.

[bca326] _that event._] _this._ Capell conj. _that intent_ Anon. conj.

[bca328] _Bristol_] _Bristow_ Ff.

[bca330] [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Manet Yorke. Ff.

[bca331] SCENE V. Pope.

[bca333], bca334: _art Resign to death_] F4. _art; Resigne to death_ F1 F2 F3.

[bca339] _the_] _a_ Capell.

[bca348] _Whiles_] _Whilest_ F4. _Whilst_ Rowe. ¶ _nourish_] _march_ Collier MS.

[bca354] _mad-bred_] _mad-brain’d_ Rowe.

[bca357] _Ashford,_] _Ashford, with a headlong crew,_ Seymour conj.

[bca362] _fought_] _fight_ Hanmer.

[bca363] _porpentine_] _porcupine_ Rowe.

[bca364], bca365: _seen Him caper......like_] _seen him Caper...like to_ Capell. _seen him Capering...like_ Anon. conj.

[bca378] _arms_] _aims_ Dyce conj. (withdrawn).

[bca383] _the next_] _then next_ Collier MS.

[bcb001] SCENE II.] Capell. SCENE VI. Pope. ¶ Bury...state.] Edd. An apartment in the Palace. Theobald. The same. Another Room. Capell. ¶ Enter...] Capell. Enter two or three running over the Stage, from the Murther of Duke Humfrey. Ff.

[bcb004], bcb005: _Didst...penitent?_ First Mur. _Here_] First Mur. _Didst penitent? Here_ Edd. conj.

[bcb005]–bcb007: As two lines, the first ending _you_, in Steevens. Hanmer ends the first at _dispatch’d_.

[bcb011] _Is_] F1. _are_ F2 F3. _and are_ F4. See note (VIII).

[bcb013] _’Tis_] _Yes_ Rowe.

[bcb014] [Exeunt Murderers.] Theobald. Exeunt. Ff. ¶ Cardinal Beaufort,] Cardinall, Suffolke, Ff.

[bcb026] _thee, Nell;_] _thee Nell,_ Ff. _thee: Well,_ Theobald. _thee, Meg;_ Capell. _thee, Margaret;_ Malone. See note (IX). ¶ Re-enter S.] Enter S. Ff.

[bcb032] [The King swoons.] King sounds. Ff.

[bcb038] _comfort_] _comfore_ F2.

[bcb041] _tune_] _tunne_ F2.

[bcb063] _blood-drinking_] _blood-draining_ Anon. conj.

[bcb069] _fill’d with my_] F1 F2 F3. _fill’d with_ F4. _filled with_ Rowe.

[bcb070] _ay me, unhappy!_] _ah me unhappy!_ Pope.

[bcb076] _the adder_] _an adder_ Rowe.

[bcb078]–bcb121: _Is all...so long._] Struck out in Collier MS.

[bcb079], bcb100: _Eleanor_] _Elianor_ Ff. _Margaret_ Rowe. See note (IX).

[bcb080] _statua and worship it_] Dyce. _statue, and worship it_ Ff. _statue, and do worship to it_ Rowe. _statue then, and worship it_ Capell.

[bcb083] _awkward wind_] _adverse winds_ Pope.

[bcb085] _wind_] F3 F4. _winde_ F1 F2. _winds_ Pope. ¶ bcb085–bcb087: _this, but...shore?_] Capell. _this? but...shore._ Ff.

[bcb087] _no_] _a_ Rowe. _thy_ Pope.

[bcb088]–bcb091: _then, but cursed...rock?_] _then? But curst...Rocke:_ Ff. _then, but curse...rock?_ Hanmer. ¶ bcb088: _gentle_] _ungentle_ Singer (Anon. MS. conj.).

[bcb089] _he_] _him_ Hanmer. ¶ _forth_] F1 F2. _from_ F3 F4.

[bcb093] _But_] _He_ Pope.

[bcb094]–bcb096: _The...unkindness:_] Put in the margin by Pope.] ¶ bcb094: _pretty-vaulting_] Dyce (S. Walker conj.). _pretty vaulting_ Ff.

[bcb097] _The...sands_] _The sinking sands, the splitting rocks cow’r’d in_ Johnson conj.

[bcb101] _thy_] _the_ Pope.

[bcb105] _earnest-gaping_] _earnest-gazing_ Anon. conj. ¶ _thy_] F1. _the_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb116] _witch_] Theobald. _watch_ Ff.

[bcb119] _or thou not_] _art thou not_ Hanmer. _thou_ Steevens conj.

[bcb120] _Ay_] _Aye_ Ff. _Ah_ Rowe. ¶ _Eleanor_] _Elinor_ Ff. _Margaret_ Rowe. See note (IX).

[bcb121] _dost_] _didst_ Rowe. ¶ Enter...] Commons are seen pressing towards the Door, with Salisbury keeping them back: Enter Warwick. Capell. ¶ Salisbury] Theobald. om. Ff.

[bcb124] _Suffolk_] _Suffolke,_ F1. _Suffolkes,_ F2. _Suffolk,_ F3 F4.

[bcb127] _who...his_] _who...their_ Pope. _whom...their_ Hanmer.

[bcb134] _shall I_] _I shall_ Rowe.

[bcb135] [Exit.] Warwick goes in. Theobald. om. Ff.

[bcb142] _drain_] _rain_ Rann (Capell conj.).

[bcb147] _earthy_] F1. _earthly_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb148] Re-enter...bed.] Edd. Bed put forth. Ff (after line 146). Warwicke drawes the curtaines and showes Duke Humphrey in his bed. (Qq). A door is thrown open, and Gloster discover’d dead upon his Bed: Warwick, and Others by him. Capell.

[bcb152] _For...life in death_] _For...life is death_ F4. _For...death in life,_ Johnson conj. _And...death in life_ Capell. _And...life in death_ Rann.

[bcb159] _vow?_] _vow._ F1.

[bcb161] _ghost_] _coarse_ Roderick conj.

[bcb162] _bloodless_] _blood-left_ Hanmer.

[bcb171] _nostrils_] _nostris_ F2.

[bcb174] _Look, on the sheets his_] Edd. _Look on the sheets, his_ Ff. _Look on the sheets; his_ Pope.

[bcb175] _rugged_] F1. _rugg’d_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb177] _murderd_] _murdred_ F1 F2 F3. _murdered_ F4.

[bcb179], bcb182: _duke_] F3 F4. D. F1 F2.

[bcb181] _sir_] _sirs_ Rowe.

[bcb182] _were...foes_] F1. _were...death_ F2. _have...death_ F3 F4. See note (X).

[bcb186] _Then_] _Than_ F1.

[bcb195] _your_] Ff. _the_ Rowe.

[bcb202] [Exeunt......others.] Capell. Exit Cardinall (Qq). om. Ff.

[bcb204] _He dares_] _He dare_ F4.

[bcb207] _say_] _say it_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bcb225] _send_] F1 F4. om. F2 F3.

[bcb231] [Exeunt...] Exeunt. Ff.

[bcb232] SCENE VII. Pope.

[bcb236] Re-enter...] Enter... Ff.

[bcb237] _Why...drawn_] One line in Pope: two in Ff.

[bcb241] [to the Commons, entering] Capell. Enter Salisbury. Ff.

[bcb244] _Lord_] _false_ Malone, from (Qq). _done_] _put Rowe_.

[bcb257] _In pain_] _On pain_ Collier (Capell conj.).

[bcb258] _strait_] _strange_ F4.

[bcb262] _harmful_] _harmefull_ F1. _harmelesse_ F2. _harmless_ F3 F4.

[bcb265] _whether_] _where_ F1 F2 F3. _whe’re_ F4. See _King John_, note (V).

[bcb278] Commons [within]. Within. Ff.

[bcb288] [Exit...] Capell. om. Ff.

[bcb299] [Exeunt...] Exit. Ff.

[bcb300] SCENE VIII. Pope.

[bcb303] _make_] F1. _made_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb307] _coward woman_] _woman-coward_ Becket conj.

[bcb308] _enemy_] Ff. _enemies_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bcb311] _bitter-searching_] Steevens. _bitter searching_ Ff.

[bcb318] _on end_] (Qq) Pope (ed. 2). _an end_ Ff. ¶ _as one_] _like one_ Pope.

[bcb322] _daintiest that_] _dantiest meat_ Theobald. _dainties that_ Id. conj. _daintiest thing_ Hanmer, from (Qq).

[bcb325] _smart_] _sharp_ Collier MS.

[bcb327] _concert_] Theobald. _consort_ Ff.

[bcb328] _dark-seated_] F3 F4. _darke seated_ F1 F2.

[bcb331] _overcharged_] _overcharg’d_ F4.

[bcb332] _turn_] Rowe. _turnes_ F1 F2. _turns_ F3 F4.

[bcb342] [Kissing his hand. Johnson.

[bcb344] _upon these_] _on these lips_ Hanmer.

[bcb345] _whom_] _which_ Hanmer.

[bcb347] _whiles_] _whil’st_ F4.

[bcb359] _thence_] F1. _hence_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb366] _no joy_] _to joy_ Singer (Collier MS.). ¶ _nought_] _ought_ F3 F4.

[bcb367] SCENE IX. Pope. ¶ _Whither_] _Whether_ F1.

[bcb369] _is at point_] F1 F2. _is at the point_ F3 F4. _’s at the point_ Pope.

[bcb373], bcb374: _Sometime......sometime_] _Sometimes...sometimes_ F4.

[bcb379] [Exit Vaux.] Exit. Ff.

[bcb381] _an hour’s_] _another’s_ Mason conj.

[bcb393] _its_] _it’s_ Ff. his (Qq).

[bcb397] _thou_] om. F3 F4.

[bcb399] _lived_] _liv’d_ F1 F2. _lives_ F3 F4.

[bcb403] _Away!_] In a line by itself, S. Walker conj. ¶ _fretful_] om. Hanmer. _fearful_ S. Walker conj. (a misprint?) ¶ _corrosive_] _cor’sive_ Boswell (1821).

[bcb406] _wheresoe’er_] F1. _wheresoever_ F2 F3 F4.

[bcb408] _with thee_] _along with thee_ Hanmer. _with thee along_ Capell.

[bcb409] _cask_] _casket_ Rowe.

[bcb412] [Exeunt severally.] Rowe (ed. 2). Exeunt. Ff.

[bcc001] SCENE III.] Capell. SCENE X. Pope. ¶ A bedchamber.] The Cardinal’s bedchamber. Theobald. The same. Another Room. Capell. London. Cardinal Beaufort’s bedchamber. Malone. ¶ bcc001: _sovereign_] _king_ Collier MS.

[bcc004] _and feel no pain_] _but one whole year_ Theobald conj., from (Qq).

[bcc009] _bed? where should he_] _bed, where he should_ Delius conj.

[bcc010] _whether_] _where_ Ff.

[bcc021] _busy meddling_] _busy-meddling_ S. Walker conj.

[bcc022] _this wretch’s_] _his wretched_ Capell conj.

[bcc026] _if_] _if’t_ Collier (Collier MS.).

[bcc028] _make_] _give_ Capell conj.

[bda001] ACT IV. SCENE I.] Pope. om. Ff. ¶ The coast of Kent.] Pope. om. Ff. ¶ Enter......] Enter Lieutenant, Suffolke, and others. Ff. Firing heard at Sea. After that, a Boat appears; and puts ashore a Captain, a Master, a Master’s mate... Capell. ¶ Walter Whitmore,] Whitmore, Rowe. om. Ff. ¶ bda001: Cap.] (Qq) Rowe. Lieu. Ff (and throughout the scene).

[bda006] _Clip_] Theobald. _Cleape_ F1 F2. _Cleap_ F3 F4. _Clap_] Pope (ed. 2).

[bda011] _discoloured_] Ff. _discolour’d_ Pope.

[bda014] [pointing to Suffolk. Johnson.

[bda018] Cap.] Whit. Malone conj. _two thousand_] 2000. Ff.

[bda020] _throats_] _throat_ F2. _shall:_] After this Malone supposes a line has been lost.

[bda021], bda022: _The lives...sum!_] Grant White. _The lives...sum?_ Knight _The lines...summe._ Ff. ¶ _The lives of those...Be counterpoised...sum!_] _Nor can those lives...Be counterpoised...sum._ Rowe. _The lives of those...Cannot be pois’d...sum._ Capell. _The lives of those...Cannot be counterpois’d...sum._ Malone. _The lives of those we have lost in fight cannot Be counterpois’d...sum_ Steevens conj. _Can lives of those...Be counterpois’d...sum?_ Collier (Collier MS.). _The lives of those...Can they be counterpois’d...sum?_ Halliwell.

[bda026] [To Suf.] Rowe. om. Ff.

[bda029] _George_] _ring_ Capell conj., from (Qq).

[bda032] _start’st_] F4. _startst_ F3. _starts_ F1 F2. ¶ _affright_] _affright thee_ Delius conj.

[bda039] _Never_] _Ne’er_ Rowe.

[bda043] [is laying Hands on Suffolk, to bear him off. Capell.

[bda046] Whit.] Wal. Ff. Cap. Capell, from (Qq).

[bda048] _Jove...I?_] Pope, from (Qq). Omitted in Ff.

[bda050] Suf. _Obscure......blood_] Pope, from (Qq). Continued to Lieu. in Ff. ¶ _lowly_] Pope, from (Qq). _lowsie_ Ff.

[bda051] _The honourable_] Pope. Suf. _The honourable_ Ff.

[bda052] _jaded_] _jady_ Capell, from (Qq). _jadis_ Rann conj.

[bda054] _Bare-headed_] _And bare-head_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bda063] _mine_] F1. _thine_ F2 F3 F4.

[bda065] _forlorn swain_] _foul-tongued slave_ Collier MS. ¶ _swain?_] _swain._ F1.

[bda069] _thy_] _thine_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bda070] Cap. _Yes, Pole._ Suf. _Pole!_] Added by Capell from (Qq). ¶ _Pool! Sir Pool! lord!_] _Poole, Sir Poole? Lord_ Ff. _Poole? Sir Poole? Lord Poole?_ Johnson conj. _Pole, ay Pole;_ Capell.

[bda071] _Ay_] I Ff. _Nay_ Capell.

[bda074] _swallowing_] _swallowing up_ F3 F4.

[bda077] _shalt_] F2 F3 F4. _shall_ F1.

[bda082] _neither_] _nor_ Rowe.

[bda084] _overgorged_] _ouergorg’d_ F1. _over-gor’d_ F2 F3 F4.

[bda085] _mother’s bleeding_] Rowe. _mother-bleeding_ Ff.

[bda093] _are_] Rowe. _and_ Ff.

[bda096] _proud encroaching_] _proud-encroaching_ S. Walker conj.

[bda098] _our_] _a_ Rowe (ed. 2). _an_ Keightley conj.

[bda102] _Is_] _Are_ Hanmer.

[bda107] _threatens_] _threats_ F2.

[bda108] _Bargulus_] _Bardylis_ Hanmer.

[bda110] _should_] _shald_ F2.

[bda115] Cap. _Walter_,--Whit. _Come_] Rowe (ed. 2). Lieu. _Water: W. Come_ Ff, printing as prose.

[bda117] _Gelidus_] F2 F3 F4. _Pine gelidus_ F1. _Panæ gelidus_ Theobald. _Pene gelidus_ Malone. _Pone gelidus_ Mitford conj. ¶ _it is_] _it’s_ Pope.

[bda118], bda142: Whit.] Wal. Ff.

[bda128] _the_] _this_ S. Walker conj.

[bda129] _True_] _Know true_ Hanmer. _No, true_ or _All true_ Anon. conj. ¶ _True......fear_] _Exempt from fear is true nobility_ Lloyd conj.

[bda132] _Come...can_] Given to Suf. by Hanmer. Continued to Lieu. in Ff. ¶ _ye_] _you_ Hanmer.

[bda135] _banditto_] Johnson. _bandetto_ Ff.

[bda136] _bastard_] _dastard_ Theobald.

[bda137] _Stabb’d...islanders_] Omitted by Rowe (ed. 2) and Pope (ed. 1).

[bda138] [Exeunt...] Exit Walter with Suffolke. F1 F2 (Water F1). Exit Walter with Suffolk. F3 F4.

[bda141] [Exeunt...body.] Exit Lieutenant, and the rest. Manet the first Gent. Enter Walter with the body. Ff.

[bda142] _lifeless_] Capell. _livelesse_ F1 F2. _liveless_ F3 F4.

[bda143] [Exit.] Exit Walter. Ff.

[bda147] [Exit...] Capell. om. Ff.

[bdb001] SCENE II.] Pope. om. Ff. ¶ Blackheath.] Capell. Southwark. Pope. om. Ff. ¶...George Bevis......] Capell. ...Bevis... Ff. ¶ bdb001, bdb004, &c.: Bevis.] Ff. Geo. Capell.

[bdb003], bdb007, &c.: Holl.] Ff. Joh. Capell.

[bdb007] _for_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[bdb008] _merry_] _a merry_ F4.

[bdb015] _to say as,_] _to say, as_ F1 F2. _as to say_ F3 F4.

[bdb026] _Smith_] _Will_ Capell, from (Qq).

[bdb028] Drum. Enter...] Ff.

[bdb030]–bdb032: _father,--...inspired_] _father, for our enemies shall fall before us;--_ Dick. _Or rather......herrings._ Cade. _Inspired_ Tyrwhitt conj.

[bdb031], &c.: Dick.] Rowe. But. Ff (and passim). ¶ The ‘Asides’ were first marked by Capell.

[bdb032] _For_] _Or for_ S. Walker conj. ¶ bdb032, bdb033: _For...princes_] Transferred by Capell to the end of Holland’s speech, line 28. ¶ bdb032: _fall_] F4. _faile_ F1 F2. _fail_ F3.

[bdb033] _princes,--Command_] Malone. _princes. Command_ Ff.

[bdb044] &c. Smith.] Steevens. Weaver. Ff. Wil. Capell.

[bdb057] [Exit. Malone conj.

[bdb066] _will be,--_] Rowe. _will be_ Ff.

[bdb069] _on_] _upon_ F4.

[bdb075], bdb076: _parchment?...man?_] _parchment;...man?_ Pope. _parchment...man._ Ff.

[bdb077] _the bee’s_] _the bees_ F1 F2. _bees_ F3 F4.

[bdb078] _mine_] F1. _my_ F2 F3 F4. ¶ _who’s_] _whose_ F1. _who is_ Rowe (ed. 2). ¶ Enter some...] Capell. Enter a Clearke. Ff. Re-enter Smith... Malone conj. ¶ _Chatham_] Rowe (ed. 2). _Chartam_ F1. _Chattam_ F2 F3 F4.

[bdb079] _of_] F1. om. F2 F3 F4.

[bdb084] _Has_] Dyce. _Ha’s_ Ff. _H’as_ Rowe (ed. 2). _He ’as_ Pope.

[bdb085] _he is_] _he’s_ Pope.

[bdb096] _an honest_] F2 F3 F4. _a honest_ F1.

[bdb100] _he’s_] F1. _he is_ F2 F3 F4.

[bdb103] [Exit one......] Ff. Exeunt some... Capell. ¶ Enter...] Ff. Enter Michael, hastily. Capell.

[bdb104] _Where’s_] F1 F2. _Where is_ F3 F4.

[bdb112], bdb113: _I will...presently_] _I’ll...here presently_ Keightley conj.

[bdb113] [Kneels] Collier (ed. 1). om. Ff. ¶ [Rises] Dyce (Collier MS.).

[bdb114] _him!_] _him. Is there any more of them that be knights?_ Mich. _Ay, his brother._ Cade. _Then kneel down, Dick Butcher. Rise up, Sir Dick Butcher. Now sound up the drum._ Theobald, from (Qq). ¶ Enter...] Ff. ¶ his Brother,] young Stafford, Rowe. William his brother, Malone.

[bdb115] SCENE III. Pope.

[bdb118] _revolt_] _repent_ Anon. conj.

[bdb119], &c.: Bro.] Ff. Y. Staf. Rowe. W. Staf. Malone.

[bdb121] _not_] _them_ Hanmer.

[bdb129] _Marry, this: Edmund_] _Marry, this.--Edmund_ Theobald. _Marry, this Edmund_ Ff.

[bdb130] _Clarence’_] _Clarence_ F1 F2 F3. _Clarence’s_ F4.

[bdb146] _ye_] F1. _you_ F2 F3 F4.

[bdb148] [Aside] Capell. om. Ff.

[bdb156] _mained_] _main’d_ Ff. _maim’d_ (Qq) Rowe.

[bdb157] _that that_] F1 F2. _that_ F3 F4.

[bdb164] _an enemy_] _the enemy_ Rowe.

[bdb174] _And_] _All_ Collier MS. ¶ [Exeunt...] Exeunt the two Staffords, with the Train. Theobald. Exit. Ff.

[bdb177] _We will_] _We’ll_ F4.

[bdb178] _shoon_] F3. _shooen_ F1 F2. _shoons_ F4.